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CVE-2006-4813

CVE-2006-4813

EPSS 0.4%
The __block_prepare_write function in fs/buffer.c for Linux kernel 2.6.x before 2.6.13 does not properly clear buffers during certain error conditions, which allows local users to read portions of files that have been unlinked.
Affected products
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References
http://osvdb.org/31376http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0014.htmlhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=207463http://secunia.com/advisories/23370http://secunia.com/advisories/23384http://secunia.com/advisories/23474http://secunia.com/advisories/23752http://secunia.com/advisories/23997http://secunia.com/advisories/24206https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11701http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-063.htmhttp://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=152becd26e0563aefdbc4fd1fe491928efe92d1f